“I can’t define pornography, but I know it when I see it”. Regulation of morality vacillates in context, but traditional understanding of morality is often inextricable from a society’s perception of normality. Begs the question, like Justice Steward, can Duale define pornography or he would only know it when he sees it? Owing to the principles of supply and demand, prohibition will curtail supply which will drive the price of pornography up. The disapproval by those in power, of what in their opinion constitutes pornography, is not enough to justify overboard intervention by the State.

Source: The Star March 06, 2021 06:40 UTC